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Sword (Shamshir) with Scabbard and Belt

Sword (Shamshir) with Scabbard and Belt. Culture: hilt, scabbard, and belt, Indian; blade, northern India. Dimensions: L. 36 1/4 in. (92.2 cm); L. of blade 30 3/4 in. (78.1 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 4 oz. (1011 g); Wt. of scabbard 1 lb. 6 oz. (630 g). Date: hilt, scabbard, and belt, early 19th century; blade, A.H. 1162/A.D. 1748-49. The hilt of this saber is mounted in enameled silver in a style associated with the north Indian city of Lucknow, in the Mughal province of Oudh. The blade of crucible ("watered") steel is exceptionally rare, as it includes the name of the maker, Baqir Mashhadi, an Iranian swordsmith active in India, his patron, Safdar Jang Bahadur, an Iranian who ruled as nawab (governor) of Oudh from 1739 to 1754, and the date of its manufacture.
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Title: Sword (Shamshir) with Scabbard and Belt
Caption: Sword (Shamshir) with Scabbard and Belt. Culture: hilt, scabbard, and belt, Indian; blade, northern India. Dimensions: L. 36 1/4 in. (92.2 cm); L. of blade 30 3/4 in. (78.1 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 4 oz. (1011 g); Wt. of scabbard 1 lb. 6 oz. (630 g). Date: hilt, scabbard, and belt, early 19th century; blade, A.H. 1162/A.D. 1748-49. The hilt of this saber is mounted in enameled silver in a style associated with the north Indian city of Lucknow, in the Mughal province of Oudh. The blade of crucible ("watered") steel is exceptionally rare, as it includes the name of the maker, Baqir Mashhadi, an Iranian swordsmith active in India, his patron, Safdar Jang Bahadur, an Iranian who ruled as nawab (governor) of Oudh from 1739 to 1754, and the date of its manufacture.
Technique/material: Steel, gold, ivory, wood, enamel, velvet, silver, textile
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit: Album
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 2763 × 4400 px | 34.8 MB
Print size: 23.4 × 37.3 cm | 1087.8 × 1732.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ANATOMY: BONES • ARMS AND ARMOR • ARMS • ASIA • BONE • CASES • EDGED WEAPONS • ENAMELS • GOLD • INDIA • IRON ALLOY • IRON AND IRON ALLOY • IRON AND STEEL • IRON_AND_STEEL • IVORY • JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN; LUCKNOW, UTTAR PRADESH • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • SABERS • SCABBARDS • SHEATHS • SILVER • STEEL INDUSTRY • STEEL • STEEL, GOLD, IVORY, WOOD, ENAMEL, VELVET, SILVER, TEXTILE • SWORDS • TEXTILES